Ornamental article and method of making same



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- INVENTOR 9a/. (lof/EM /0 E I BY @@a ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 18, 1944UNITED ORNMENTAL ARTICLE AND METHOD yOF MAKING SAME Sol D. Cohen, NewYork, N. Y., assignor to Paper Novelty Manufacturing Company, New York,N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 4, 1942, Serial No.453,543

(Cl. i1-1l) 7 Claims.

The invention relates to an ornamental article, and more particularly toa decorative ornament in the form of a Wreath.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel decorative ornament inthe form of a' Wreath for use in trimming windows, ChristmasA trees, andthe like for kseasonal displays, which wreaths, instead of being formedof a convoluted strip of decorative material, crimped or pleated,

and then held in place by a pair of twisted core -members, isconstituted of a built-up blanket of sheet material such as tissue paperformed into a honeycomb arrangement and slipped upon and expandedthroughout the length of a flat cardboard ring, being retained in suchexpanded condition upon the ring to constitute a Christmas in commercialpractice and is capable of proy ducing a decorative ornament of thistype at substantially less cost than ornaments of prior art constructionwhile yielding substantially the same visual and decorative effect.

In accordance with the general practice of the prior art, ornamentalarticles of this character have been produced by crimping or pleating atstrips of material like Cellophane, and holding such crimped or pleatedstrips together by a pair of core members usually constituted of twistedwires. The cores were so twisted so as to hold the spaced convolutionsin definite spaced relation, a Christmas wreath being produced byforming the convoluted decorative structure into the form of a ring.

In accordance with my invention, I eliminate the necessity of usingcrimped or pleated strips and twisted core members, whether of metal orother material, and produce my decorative or ornamental article from asimple honeycomb arrangement of nat sheets of tissue paper which isexpanded about a il'at ring and retained in its expanded condition uponsuch iiat ring ,to produce a wreath by adhesively connecting the freeends of the honeycomb structure to a cardboard element threaded upon theflat ring and which acts at the same timeA as the hanger for thecompleted wreath.

A particular embodiment of my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a face view of an ornamentalarticle in the form of a wreath in the construction and fabrication ofwhich my invention has been utilized;'. i

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the flat cardboard ring upon which thehoneycomb element in its compressed blanket condition and the hangerhave been slipped;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the oval-shaped, diecut, cardboard hangerslipped upon the cardboard ring;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the compressed, honeycomb structure slippedupon the flat cardboard ring; and

Fig. 5 shows the flat, oval-shaped blanket of honeycomb structure withthe slot, by means of which it is slipped upon the flat cardboard ring,extending along the short axis of the blanket, whereby a slightly modiedform of ornamental article is produced.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, in which similar referencecharacters identify similar parts in the several views, E is a atcardboard ring which may be die-cut with a lock constituted of a die-cutcircular recess 1 and corresponding and cooperating projection 8constituting a jig-saw type of locking structure. The entire cardboardring and lock therefore may be formed by a simple die-cut operation.

With the locking device ofthe flat cardboard ring open, there isthreaded or slipped upon the ring, by means of an elongated central slot9 thereof, a compressed blanket I0 of a honeycomb structure built upfrom a plurality of sheets of tissue paper in any well-known vconventional manner, for instance such as is employed in the fabricationof any expanding ornament such as a Christmas bell. Such a honeycombconstruction of tissue paper is made by imparting staggered lines ofglue on alternate sheets of tissue paper which are superposed in such amanner that the sheets are joined together along the lines of glue. Thisprocess of building up a continuous blanket of sheet material iswell-known to those skilled in the art and is therefore not described inmore detail.

When an appropriate thickness of such a builtup blanket of sheetmaterial is produced, there is cut therefrom a blank substantially ovalin conguration or shape (like that shown in Fig. 4) and the. elongatedslot 9 running substantially coincidentally with the long axis of theoval is cut in the blank. The compressed blank IIJ of such honeycombstructure is then threaded by means of the elongated slot 9 on thecardboard ring 6.

A hanger Il for the ornament, of substantiallv oval shape, nearly thesize of the oval-shaped honeycomb tissue paper blank ID, but having atab I2 provided with a central aperture I3 for threading a supportingcord therethrough, is likewise slipped uponv the cardboard ring 6 bymeans of the longitudinal axial slot I4 of such hanger.

When the two elements I 0 and I I have thus been slipped or threadedupon the cardboard ring 6, the honeycomb structure I is expandedthroughout the length of the cardboard ring 6 until it is fully expandedthroughout such cardboard ring. It is then closed by joining its edgesurfaces, Which are provided With an adhesive I5, to the adhesiveprovided surfaces of the hanger element H. Upon the expansion of thehoneycomb structure IU in this manner and the securement of the endsurfaces thereof to the hanger element, the cardboard ring 6 will becompletely enclosed within the honeycomb structure, forming a Wreath,the honeycomb structure being shown in its fully expanded condition inFig. 1 with the cells l5 thereof extending in a direction at rightangles to the fiat surface of the cardboard ring S. By threading thehoneycomb structure upon the cardboard ring in this manner aconsiderable strength is imparted to the Wreath.

To complete the ornamental article, a printed paper leaf Il is pastedupon the honeycomb structure substantially at the point of juncture ofits end surfaces with the hanger element.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated a slightly modied form of my invention, inwhich the blank of honeycomb tissue paper has the slot I8, for threadingit upon the cardboard ring, die-cut to extend coincidentally With theshort axis thereof instead of, as in the preferred embodiment,coincidentally With the long axis of such honeycomb blank. By cuttingthe slot I8 in this manner, the blank of honeycomb tissue paper, when itis threaded or slipped upon the cardboard ring 6, Will have itshoneycomb cells extend, instead of in a direction at right angles to theflat surface of the cardboard ring, in a direction parallel to such flatsurface. The ornamental Wreath produced in this manner Will thus havethe honeycomb arrangement concentric, rather than right angular to theradius of the Wreath. Substantially the same decorative effect Will besecured by this modied form, but the Wreath Will not have the strengthto withstand pressure exerted directly upon the Wreath. On the otherhand, in the modified form, when the Wreath is held up against thelight, the fiat interior ring will not be visible, as it is in theornamental Wreath of the first embodiment of my invention, in which thehoneycomb cells extend at right angles to the flat surface of thecardboard ring.

To avoid the showing of the flat surface of the ring when the wreath isheld up against a light, it is possible to form the supporting ring withits flat surface disposed perpendicularly to the radius of the ring andthreading the blank cf honeycomb structure thereon by means of a slotdisposed as in Fig. 5. The cells of the honeycombed element will then beparallel to the fiat surfaces of the cardboard ring, which would then bein the form of a section of a tube. If the ring, thus formed, hassufficient rigidity, the ornament produced Will have the necessaryrigidity.

While I have described specific embodiments of my invention, it isobvious that various changes therein may be made, yparticularly in theconguration and arrangement of the several parts thereof, Withoutdeparting from my invention. For instance, While I have described a atcardboard ring with a specific locking arrangement therefor, obviously atubular supporting ring and locking arrangement, for instance by meansin which one end of the tubular ring is telescopically engaged by theother end of the ring, with a corresponding difference in configurationof the slot in the honeycomb element, may be utilized. Furthermore theends of the flat ring, instead of being provided with any suitablelocking arrange- ;inent, may be merely overlapped and secured togetherby adhesive tape.

I claim:

1. The method of making an ornamental articleV which comprisesdie-cutting a split cardboard supporting ring, threading a compressedblanket of a honeycomb tissue paper structure upon such ring, joiningthe ends of the ring together, expanding such honeycomb blanketthroughout the length of the supporting ring, and securing thecontiguous free ends of the honeycomb structure together. y R

2. The method of making an ornamental arti'- cle which comprisesthreading a compressed blanket of a honeycomb tissue paper structureupon a rigid supporting ring,l threading al slotted hanger element uponthe ring, expanding 'such honeycomb blanket throughout the length of thesupporting ring, and securing the contiguous free ends of the honeycombstructure to the opposite faces of said hanger element. v

3. An ornamental article comprising a substantially circular rigidsupport, a honeycomb tissue paper structure threaded upon, and expandedthroughout the length of said support and retained in such expandedcondition thereof upon the support, and a hanger element also threadedupon the support, the end surfaces of the expanded honeyco-mb structurebeing adhesively joined to the opposite faces of said hanger element.

4. An ornamental article comprising a substantially flat cardboard splitring, a honeycomb tissue paper structure threaded upon, andy expandedthroughout the length of said cardboard ring and retained in suchexpanded condition thereof upon the ring, a hanger element also threadedupon the ring, the end surfaces of the expanded honeycomb structurebeing adhesively joined to the opposite faces of said hanger element,and means for securing the ring together at its split ends.

5. An ornamental article in the formv of a wreath comprising a cardboardring,'a substantially oval hanging element having an elongated slotextending centrally thereof, said hanging element being threaded bymeans of said slot upon the ring, and a substantially oval-shapedhoneycomb structure, having an elongated slot therein and threaded bymeans of said slot upon the ring, said honeycomb element in its fullyexpanded form extending throughout the cardboardl ring with itshoneycomb 4cells extending in a direction at right angles" to thevsurface ofthe cardboard ring.

6. An ornamental article in theform of a Wreath comprising a split fiatcardboard'ring, a substantially oval shaped element having an elongatedslot extending centrally thereof threaded, by means of said'slot, uponthe ring, and a 'substantially oval-shaped honeycomb structure, havingan elongated slot therein andthreaded by means of said slot upon thering, said honeycomb element in its fully expanded form extendingthroughout the cardboard ring and having its end surfaces adhesivelysecured to 'said oval shaped element.

7. An ornamental article as claimed in claim 6, in which the oval-shapedelement has an integral tab provided with an aperture for threading asupporting cord therethrough.

SOL D. COHEN.

